Liverpool v Leeds United - MATCH THREAD - Cooper out, Struijk starts

[Irish Ian]

Funny old half I cant think of a Leeds player who hasnt made a mistake.

But here we are still in with a sniff.

[Chilli D]

Praying the Liverpool players tire in the second half because they're scaring the life out of me every time they attack

[The Subhuman]

Showing no fear... great start, despite expected errors... penalty no, no way he could avoid that , proximity I don't care what VAR says

like

[The Subhuman]

Praying the Liverpool players tire in the second half because they're scaring the life out of me every time they attack

Will be interesting to see if either team fades ..

[mothbanquet]

Look weak at the back

To be fair, most teams do against Liverpool these days...

[John in Louisiana]

Not a terribly auspicious debut for our new German, but he will only get better. He was sort of thrown to the wolves here with Cooper out.

That being said, we have shown, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that we belong here.

Of course now that I've said that the second half will go to hell...........

[Irish Ian]

Yeah, absolutely. Unlucky for Strujik with Salah's goal really, nothing more he could've done and Salah's one of the best finishers in the country, if not the world. Really unlucky it fell right at his feet.

He could have tried to head it back out of the box instead?

Wrong decision to do what he did imo.

[1964white]

Not too keen on this crazy defending

Welcome to the Premier League

Never under any illusions that this level is very different to championship football

Credit to Leeds for playing a big part in this end to end game

[kindestcut]

A really fun half of football. And an emotional experience for me. The defense is obviously too loose. And the passing, of all things, has been suspect. But right now, I'm just so happy. Bring on the second half!

[Carrick Dave]

I think the rest of the league will be sitting up now and taking notice if they hadn’t already, irrespective of how the second half goes.

Koch, Struijk, Meslier doing a job, it will be great for all three. Our makeshift defence will only get better.

[HarryofOz]

Praying the Liverpool players tire in the second half because they're scaring the life out of me every time they attack

Their pace in amazing.

[The Subhuman]

Everyone slagging off our defending have a word with yourselves..

[1964white]

Praying the Liverpool players tire in the second half because they're scaring the life out of me every time they attack

Expect much more of this in the coming season, all about pace & quality, scary as you say Chilli

[Smudge3920]

2nd half... time to see what the fitness levels are ...on both sides ...MOT

[John in Louisiana]

Their pace in amazing.

As is ours. We don't have the overall team speed they have, but we have the endurance. Neither team is going to tire.

[The Subhuman]

Their pace in amazing.

But our defenders have not been left trailing, Dallas, Struijk, Kock and Klich have all robbed Liverpool players in good positions, Ayling too.

[White Riot]

Yeah, absolutely. Unlucky for Strujik with Salah's goal really, nothing more he could've done and Salah's one of the best finishers in the country, if not the world. Really unlucky it fell right at his feet.

Plus Koch and Strujik are relative strangers.

So what's Liverpool's excuse for their defending?

[Velotrax]

Their pace in amazing.

Almost as quick as our guys, but knowing full well they have the dubious ref to look after them

[Lorimer46]

Early goal for Leeds would be handy

[HarryofOz]

As is ours. We don't have the overall team speed they have, but we have the endurance. Neither team is going to tire.

I meant speed